How to Make Smoothed Density Maps in R

Too many points to plot often means obscured patterns in the clutter. Density maps offer a smooth alternative.

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Nathan Yau is a statistician who works primarily with visualization. He earned his PhD in statistics from UCLA, is the author of two best-selling books — Data Points and Visualize This — and runs FlowingData. Introvert. Likes food. Likes beer.

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